#D9A951#D9A951

#D9A951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.119 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A951
RGB	rgb(217, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 8.14, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 51.76, 80.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% 0.0199 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.119 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2909, 43.7247, 13.8899)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A951 #5181D9

analogous

#D96551 #D9A951 #C5D951

triadic

#D9A951 #51D9A9 #A951D9

tetradic

#D9A951 #51D965 #5181D9 #D951C5

square

#D9A951 #51D965 #5181D9 #D951C5

split-complementary

#D9A951 #51C5D9 #6551D9

monochromatic

#90681F #C28D2A #D9A951 #E4C283 #EFDBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#D9A951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#D9A951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A951

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A951	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.119 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c285',
    500: '#d9a951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a951;
$custom-light: #e8c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76202,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A951

secondary

#A8BBDE

accent

#7BE741

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A951

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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